Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g8QKSvX03348; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 16:28:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 16:28:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1033071963.3d936d5bcb124@mail.riseup.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Jason Guard <jasonguard@riseup.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:914] RE: Cincinnati Race Riots X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Status: O Content-Length: 2802 Lines: 67 Well, this is something of a self-righteous rant, coming from a privileged white male teacher. But these issues get me so fired up. None of my students know who Mumia Abu Jamal or H. Rap Brown are. So I keep trying to educate them. I was on the edge of my seat when the riots began in Cinncinnatti. And I remember some other news event virtually shutting the story out of the press. Timothy Thomas was the young man's name, right? I remember thinking that one of my favorite hip-hop artists is from Natti and had put out a benefit CD called "Hip-Hop for Respect" to raise money for anti-police brutality activist groups. Thomas was the 9th or 10th unarmed black man killed by Natti police in a handful of years. Or was it more than that? What about the two racist police brutality cases this past year? What happened to those cases? The media is only interested in the eye-candy of hollywood- hyped violence, then once the visuals are played out, there's no follow up. How about the verdicts? The appeals? The grassroots organizing that poor communities and communities of color undertake to defend themselves? Poor people have to use violence to get attention. The media is disgustingly pessamistic and corporately corrupt in their coverage. Police beat and kill more black men today? That's not news. They gave Rodney King air time 10 years ago and now their job is done. Diallo? Louima? No story here. We already have MLK stories and Black History Month. As H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al Amin) said, "For white folks, justice is for just us." Now he's in jail for the rest of his life too. I'd like to hear about Colonel Twitty. I don't about him or where the Timothy Thomas case wound up. Jason Guard jasonguard@riseup.net Richmond, VA Quoting Bonnie Freeman <bfreeman@famlit.org>: > Hannah, > You might want to share with this listserv some of the articles that > your paper produced about the race riots. So more can be informed about > the various facets of the incident. > > Bonnie Lash Freeman > bfreeman@famlit.org > > -----Original Message----- > From: nifl-povracelit@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-povracelit@nifl.gov] On > Behalf Of Hannah Taylor > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 9:41 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:910] Cincinnati Race Riots > > > Hey-- > I live in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was wondering what your all's > thoughts were about the riots downtown that happened spring of > 2001...and now the whole Colonel Twitty investigation has been regarded > by some as a racial discriminatory act as well. Do you guys know about > this situation? and if you do, what are your thoughts on it? Thanks > for reading this... > > hannah taylor > taylor200@marshall.edu > > > >
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